Thursday, 10 August 2017

Aeronef 1 (German Fleet)

Just some Tidying up to do and the bases and then Finished.
I usually do not do WIP shots but we all make exceptions, and this clearly is mine (or one of mine).

I bought the German starter fleet and here are most of the models. (2 small ones are not included as I simply forgot them them undercoating)

2 "Blucher" class dread noughts. These need the most tidying up as you can see the decking colour has slipped/run onto the hull. Being readnoughts I am hoiping they will be able to take and dish out a fair amount of punishment.

The flags were tricky so I might strip one of as well and do it again. (Blast you clumsy fingers).

Colour wise I decided early on that I was NOT going all grey. That just seemed a very limiting choice so I went for white (Ivory) hulls and black (Charcoal) tails but I did decide to paint any superstructure grey. As there is also red on the flag of this period it made sense to paint the funnels red.

Leaving them grey, white or black made the models look dull and uninspiring. And I did not want them to look dull and uninspiring!

Two "Koln" Class armoured cruisers. While they are called "Armoured" Crusiers I fully expect the armour to be paper thin and prone to rust! But should they turn out to be tough I will happily eat my words.

The colour scheme selected by the way has much ro do with the flag and more to do with the German sport strip. I did look at many other choices but the black and white just seemed to go so well, I stopped looking once I thought of the sports strip. Before any say YES I will paint the Dutch ORANGE to go with this theme.

Should I paint Matts British I will ask him what colour he wants though they will after all be his fleet. But if he wants "Paisley" he will need to pay me a LOT! (You are warned Matt).

Lastly (for now) we have two SA15 Class Patrol Nef. as you can see from the final pic these are a LOT smaller. I have also left out the flags and the masts. Sorry I found them too fiddly on this size ship. Yes they should have masts, But as they are not for steering or to carry sails and thus provide motion AND as there was not any pre made wholes for them O simply left them out.

That in itself does not make me a BAD person so don't complain!

Yes two more little ships to add. But the last pic shows the relative sizes of the ships when together. I will add 2 more ships to the fleet shortly but I forgot to undercoat them at the time. My mistake no excuses. Bit of a tidy up and the bases then I am done and can start the Royal Dutch fleet.

Thank you Bryan. They are Victorian science fiction Flying ships. A very small scale about 1/1250 (I think). 2 sets of rules Imperial skies , which I will be using. And Aeronef, which to be honest I found a bit too basic for me.

I have met (briefly once in passing) Robin who made the Imperial skies rules. So I will know him at shows from now on.

Thank you Roy, I suspect you will have the same problem with the Spanish I have with the Dutch. The problem being they are not covered in much detail in the rules (Imperial skies) but obviously you can use the "Counts as" rules if need be.

Robin (the rules writer, and Tony the figures manufacturer are always bringing out bits and bobs so I expect the Spanish flrrt to be covered soonish.

I've not seen any aeronef rules, yet, so thanks for the information Clint. To be honest, there's not much likelihood of me buying them as I've so much to do already. But if I do, then the Spanish might have been fleshed out with stats by then.

Thank you Addict. I love Victorian Science Fiction so this is right up my street. If aeronef is new to you I will not mention xxxxxxx as that is far less well known. So little is known I will mention nothing, not even the name.

Thank you Andy. The rules are very simple and it might appeal to you. I have mentioned doing it as a show game next year to a friend. Perhaps "The Taking of Borkum 1,2,3!" But that is only a working title. (Borkum is a German Island in the North sea btw! And yes I have been there)